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Johannes Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring, oil on canvas by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665; in the Mauritshuis, The Hague.
Johannes Vermeer was born in Delft, Netherlands, and was baptized there on October 31, 1632.1